Himitsu (film)

Himitsu
Directed by Yōjirō Takita
Produced by Yasuhiro Mase
Junichi Sindo
Setsuro Tagami
Written by Keigo Higashino (novel)
Hiroshi Saitō
Based on Naoko 
by Keigo Higashino
Starring Ryōko Hirosue
Kaoru Kobayashi
Kayoko Kishimoto
Ken Kaneko
Yuriko Ishida
Hideaki Ito
Music by Mariya Takeuchi
Ryudo Uzaki
Distributed by TBS
Release dates
  • 25 September 1999
Running time
 119 minutes
Country Japan
Language Japanese

Himitsu (秘密) is a 1999 Japanese fantasy romance film directed by Yōjirō Takita, starring Ryōko Hirosue, Kaoru Kobayashi and Kayoko Kishimoto[1] and based on the novel Naoko by Keigo Higashino. It was released on 25 September 1999. An English-language French remake, The Secret, was released in 2007.

Cast

Reception

It was chosen as the runner-up in the Best 10 films at the 21st Yokohama Film Festival.[2]

Award Date Category Recipients and
nominees		 Result
Sitges Film Festival[3][4] October 2000 Best Actress Ryōko Hirosue Won
Best Screenplay Hiroshi Saitō Won
Best Film Himitsu Nominated

References

  1. ↑ 秘密 (1999). allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. ↑ １９９９年度　日本映画ベストテン. homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai (in Japanese). Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Awards 2000". sitgesfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Films". sitgesfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

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